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How To “Eat” Information

Information overload or ‘filter failure’?

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Google roundup for 5/9/2012

My weekly roundup of all things Google…

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Coping With Email Overload

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Peter Bregman posted this at Psychology Today… I’ve come to the conclusion that I use email to distract myself. Whenever I feel the least bit uneasy, I check my email. Stuck while writing an article? Bored on a phone call? Standing in an elevator, frustrated in a meeting, anxious about an interaction? Might as well [...]

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Google roundup for 4/25/2012

If you want to be a thought leader on the internet, I believe there are only two activities you need to master: Deepening your expertise using Gmail, Google Reader and Gist Documenting your expertise using blogging and social networks These activities will give you a share of voice, which may lead to share of mind [...]

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The Death of RIM

RIM is circling the drain. Here’s the history…

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Email Is Not Broken; We Are

Here’s an interesting perspective on the ‘problem’ of email… There’s a constant flow of “email is/is not broken” articles across the internet, but most of them miss the point. Email as a system is not broken, but we, through our email behaviors, are. Nearly all of the articles written recently about fixing email have concentrated [...]

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I was wrong about Tumblr…

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa…

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Google roundup for 4/18/2012

My weekly roundup of all things Google…

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How to easily include images in your posts…

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I coach a lot of people on how to use WordPress effectively for ‘thought leadership’ marketing. One of the most important things to include in every post is a relevant picture. Why? HubSpot says: If you’ve ever read a book with a child, you probably know they find pictures more interesting than words; but are [...]

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Consuming information effectively, or, how to ‘listen’ to the internet…

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Be Known
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If you want to be a thought leader [or be perceived as an expert on the internet] I believe there are just two things you need to do… Deepen your expertise by appropriately managing the information you need to master Detail your expertise by letting people know what you know That’s it! Simple but not [...]

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